{"id":2744,"date":"2013-07-25T11:57:24","date_gmt":"2013-07-25T09:57:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.contradictingbiblecontradictions.com\/?p=2744"},"modified":"2013-07-25T11:57:24","modified_gmt":"2013-07-25T09:57:24","slug":"how-did-king-josiah-die","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.contradictingbiblecontradictions.com\/?p=2744","title":{"rendered":"How did king Josiah die?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #b22222\"><strong>Peacefully <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n\t<em>I will gather you to your fathers, and you will be gathered to your grave in peace, and your eyes will not see all the evil which I will bring on this place.<\/em> (2 Kings 22:20)<br \/>\n\t&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #b22222\"><strong>In battle<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n\t<em>And King Josiah went to meet him, and when Pharaoh Neco saw him he killed him at Megiddo.<\/em> (2 Kings 23:29)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/skepticsannotatedbible.com\/contra\/josiah_death.html\"><span style=\"color: #006400\"><strong>SAB Contradiction 264<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>P<\/strong><strong>rophecy to Josiah<\/strong><br \/>\n\tWhen king Josiah heard about the discovery of the scroll of the Law in the temple, he was astonished to learn that so much was unknown to him about his religion. As he was so concerned about the matter a prophecy to him said that he would be buried in peace and that he wouldn&rsquo;t see all the misery that was prophesied to come over Jerusalem by former prophets. (2 Kings 22:20)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>The problem <\/strong><br \/>\n\tLater on a conflict arose between Josiah and king Neco of Egypt and it came to pass that Josiah died in a military encounter. Isn&rsquo;t this a clear Bible contradiction?&nbsp;Josiah died in a military conflict and not in peace according to the prophecy?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>2 Kings 22:20<\/strong><br \/>\n\tIt might be a strange reply, but it must be given. The <em>burial<\/em> of Josiah happened <em>in a time of peace!<\/em> There was no declared war between Josiah and Neco. The last had warned Josiah to not bother him on his way to Carchemish; Neco and his army had to take the route along the coast. The route from Egypt to Syria along the Mediterranean belonged partly to the Judean (Josiah&rsquo;s) region. It was a free road between Egypt and Syria of which everyone could make use of, probably only some toll had to be paid.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Josiah&rsquo;s death<\/strong><br \/>\n\tJosiah didn&rsquo;t listen and forced Neco to a military encounter (not a war). There is no mentioning of the end of the military conflict, but as Neco was in a hurry to reach Carchemish in time (2 Chronicles 35:20-24), we may be sure that as soon as Josiah had died, the matter was over. Indeed Josiah <em>was buried in peace<\/em>, as the prophecy foretold.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000cd\"><strong>No Bible Contradiction<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When king Josiah heard about the discovery of the scroll of the Law in the temple, he was astonished to learn that so much was unknown to him about his religion. 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